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'''Henry Muhrman''' (24 January 1854 – 30 October 1916)<ref name="Rijksmuseum">{{cite web | url=https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-3702 | title=Gezicht op een dal met een beekje, Henry Muhrmann, 1891 | publisher=[[Rijksmuseum]], [[Amsterdam]] | accessdate=November 7, 2012}}</ref> was an American [[landscape painting|landscape]] and [[figure painting|figure painter]] in oils, pastel and watercolour, who worked mainly in Europe.<ref name="Tate">{{cite web | url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/henry-muhrman-390 | title=Henry Murhman: artist biography | publisher=[[Tate Gallery]] | work=Art & artists | accessdate=November 7, 2012}}</ref> |
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==Early life== |
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Muhrman was born in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], of German parentage. He studied at [[Cincinnati Art Academy]] and, from 1876 to 1878, at the [[Munich Academy]] when he began to study [[watercolour painting]].<ref name="Tate"/> |
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==Professional career== |
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Murhman lived in the United States from 1878 to 1883, when he settled in [[London]], where he became a follower of [[James Abbott McNeill Whistler]], specializing in moody and poetic pastels. Murhman remained a presence in American art, exhibiting to great acclaim at the [[Chicago World’s Fair]] in 1893, when he was awarded a medal.<ref name="art.sy">{{cite web | url=http://art.sy/artist/henry-muhrman | title=Henry Murhman | publisher=art.sy | accessdate=November 7, 2012}}</ref> He worked much on [[Hampstead Heath]], along the [[River Thames]] near [[Chiswick]] and at [[Hastings]]. His first one-man exhibition was at London's [[Dowdeswell Galleries]] in 1890. He moved to [[Meissen]] in 1901, and became a member of the [[Munich Secession]] and the [[Berlin Secession]].<ref name="Tate"/> |
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Reporting on an exhibition at the New Gallery in [[Regent Street, London]] by the International Society of Sculptors, Painters, and Gravers, the ''[[Evening Post (New York)|Evening Post]]'', [[New York]], referred to the "most tragic Impressions of Meissen In pastel by Mr. Muhrman".<ref name="Evening Post">{{cite news | url= http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2010/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post%201904%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post%201904%20Grayscale%20-%200522.pdf | title="International" Exhibition | work=Evening Post | date=February 13, 1904 | accessdate=November 7, 2012 | location=New York}}</ref> |
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==Death and legacy== |
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Murhann died at Meissen.<ref name="Tate"/> |
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His oil painting "Kew Bridge" [http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/muhrman-kew-bridge-n02996], painted in about 1898 when the artist was living in [[Gunnersbury]], is now in the [[Tate Gallery]]'s collection in London.<ref name="Tate"/> |
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His watercolour "Composition" [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/35873/Composition] is at the [[Brooklyn Museum]] in New York.<ref name="Brooklyn">{{cite web | url=http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/35873/Composition | title=Composition | publisher=[[Brooklyn Museum]] | work=Collections: American Art | accessdate=November 7, 2012}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 17:28, 7 November 2012
Henry Muhrman (24 January 1854 – 30 October 1916)[1] was an American landscape and figure painter in oils, pastel and watercolour, who worked mainly in Europe.[2]
Early life
Muhrman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, of German parentage. He studied at Cincinnati Art Academy and, from 1876 to 1878, at the Munich Academy when he began to study watercolour painting.[2]
Professional career
Murhman lived in the United States from 1878 to 1883, when he settled in London, where he became a follower of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, specializing in moody and poetic pastels. Murhman remained a presence in American art, exhibiting to great acclaim at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, when he was awarded a medal.[3] He worked much on Hampstead Heath, along the River Thames near Chiswick and at Hastings. His first one-man exhibition was at London's Dowdeswell Galleries in 1890. He moved to Meissen in 1901, and became a member of the Munich Secession and the Berlin Secession.[2]
Reporting on an exhibition at the New Gallery in Regent Street, London by the International Society of Sculptors, Painters, and Gravers, the Evening Post, New York, referred to the "most tragic Impressions of Meissen In pastel by Mr. Muhrman".[4]
Death and legacy
Murhann died at Meissen.[2]
His oil painting "Kew Bridge" [1], painted in about 1898 when the artist was living in Gunnersbury, is now in the Tate Gallery's collection in London.[2]
His watercolour "Composition" [2] is at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.[5]
References
- ^ "Gezicht op een dal met een beekje, Henry Muhrmann, 1891". Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Henry Murhman: artist biography". Art & artists. Tate Gallery. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- ^ "Henry Murhman". art.sy. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- ^ ""International" Exhibition" (PDF). Evening Post. New York. February 13, 1904. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- ^ "Composition". Collections: American Art. Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved November 7, 2012.